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There is nothing quite so heart wrenching and at the same time inspiring as a man who loses his life while protecting those of others. Jonathan Luna had seemed such a man. An assistant U.S. attorney in Baltimore, Luna, 38, had spent weeks on a high-profile prosecution of two violent local heroin dealers. The case went to trial, but last Wednesday the defendants opted to plea bargain. Luna and their lawyers spent the day hashing out a plea to be finalized Thursday morning. Yet when morning arrived, Luna was not in court. Soon the whole nation knew why. Four...
...murder sent shock waves through multiple communities. Luna left a wife and two young sons. He had made good friends at every stop on his Horatio Alger--style rise from his South Bronx youth to law school to a fine clerkship to his last, prestigious post. Reggie Shuford, a former roommate, offered typically lavish praise: "He was just the nicest guy you would want to meet--sincere, compassionate, charismatic, engaging, interested, interesting, devoted to his family and friends, loyal to them, hardworking, intelligent, charming, straightforward. He was as good as they come." Vowed Luna's boss, U.S. Attorney Thomas DiBiagio...
...some of those officers soon discovered anomalies suggesting that neither the crime nor Luna may have been exactly what they had at first seemed. Suspicion had originally settled on the jailed drug dealers. But they lacked a motive: the plea had shaved years from their expected sentences, and shooting its architect could only jeopardize that. Then there was Luna's last trip. After his car clocked out of the courthouse garage at 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday, his route to Pennsylvania was not that of a man driving at gunpoint or of thugs with a prisoner in the trunk...
There are two small towns on the island, the larger of which, Isabel Segunda, is located on the northern side and is largely populated by native Viequenses. The island's draw is privacy and nature, rather than nightlife. But the Media Luna restaurant serves a unique cuisine blended with Indian flavors, such as a curried red snapper filet and cannelloni with spiced lamb. La Sirena, in the south-side town of Esperanza, serves a simple but addictive mahi-mahi sandwich on toasted bread for lunch...
...takes a strong individual to make a career in the military, and being married to a career soldier when you are one is a wonderful combination. You learn that there is nothing you can't do. The rewards outweigh the sacrifice--and there is plenty of sacrifice. LINDA LUNA-KRESS Apex...